... launching a few tool websites recently, I've gathered some insights and experiences that I d like to share here. The following content isn t just for AI tool websites; it applies to any website. First. Identify the Need The first step is to clearly define what kind of website you want to create and what problem it will solve. This problem could be your own or someone else s. For example, the AI image enhancer I made was created ... ... solve a problem my wife was facing. 1. Solving Your Own Problem I believe this is the best type of need

... uninvited guest that shows up around month 3 of building your startup. You know the one. You started with fire in your belly, convinced you're building the next big thing. Then slowly, quietly, it creeps in: "Who even needs this?" "Why would anyone pay for this?" "Am I just building a solution looking for a problem?" Been there. Still visit there sometimes. Here's what I've learned about wrestling this demon: 1. Talk to Users, Not Your Mirror ... ... this week. Not surveys. Real conversations. Ask them about their problems, not your solution. Their pain points will either validate your direction or help you pivot before it's too late. 2. Find Your "One Person" You don't need

... prompt playground and a a list of key features. No onboarding video or demo. Just a default prompt example when you open the app. No sign-up required. Users could create their accounts optionally when feeling ready and a need. No payments. It'd be great to have it at launch, but I was still in the process of passing verification in Paddle and did not want to block the launch. Basic analytics. DataFast for visitor analytics, and OpenAI dashboard ... ... least a landing page and a video demo of me explaining how to use it. Lack of a hook: The app is a weekly/bi-weekly tool by nature, I'm lacking a strong come back because you and your team needs

... that, we weren't even a consumer software company. By January, we were seeing long posts on LinkedIn and X about how the product had changed people s lives. We also saw ~20% of our users convert to paid (vs. the usual 3 4%), and organic growth of ~90% month-over-month in January and February. On average, users were doing around 100 dictations a day and typing only 25 30% of their total input on a keyboard ... ... company. It doesn't sound sexy, doesn't sound world-changing. But when we talk to users, they say this has had a bigger impact on their life than literally anything else. That was the only signal we really needed

... Everyone focuses differently. And for a lot of people, where and how they work makes a huge difference . Some need silence. Others need

... those unfamiliar, PromptBase is an amazing platform that allows creators to share and sell high-quality, ready-to-use AI prompts for specific tasks. Think of it as a marketplace where you can easily find the exact prompt you need to solve your problem, whether it's for content creation, data manipulation, or brainstorming ideas. --- ### What Makes My Prompts Stand Out? I ve worked hard to craft highly specialized prompts that serve a wide range of creative and technical needs

... sleek the kind of site that just looks amazing, full of cool animations, the works. I thought that was the secret sauce. But then I had a moment that shifted my thinking. Someone pointed out that written instructions or alternative formats are essential for people who can t access certain content types. It made me realize how easy it is to overlook needs

... interested to hear what everyone has to say about this! Especially in tech, the world and people's needs are constantly changing. This means that the products we're creating have to change with it, and the most successful products tell people what they need

... aiming to do?) Klara is here to become a loyal assistant for the modern person living in the digital world. Our biological brain is not well-suited to handle the huge amount of information we face every day. We need a new, powerful tool. Klara is an AI-powered assistant designed to solve this problem. It is your digital brain. A digital extension of you, fully under your control. Motivation (Why are we doing this?) We have two main motivations ... ... Managing the chaos: We believe the amount of information we face each day has gone beyond our ability to manage it. It has reached a point where we are no longer in control. We need

... types. Atono has a concept of a "Story" and "Bug" (others to come) and uses Product Theme to group stories into themes. Is a "theme" expansive enough to cover these other item types in your environment or do you need "Epics" and others? Jira allows users to add labels ad-hoc, for any purpose. So each workspace is a unique creation. Should labels be allowed in a clean layout of stories and bugs? Jira allows for custom fields ... ... purpose. Complicated to manage, keep from proliferating, they become validation checks to restrict state change, etc. Often these are used to mask poor process, workflow, reporting needs

... would have taken months of development in the past can now be done in under a week. Take that time to really think through the user flows, screens, and overall design. The backend and all the features do not need to be fully functional, but you should have enough to explain how they will work. Then, pick a small group of potential users you trust. Make sure these people are actually indicative of your ideal customer profile ... ... patterns. Some of the feedback should prompt you to make instant changes, so you can show an updated version to the next interviewee. Other points should be thoroughly evaluated before adding to the roadmap. 5. Differentiate between niche needs

... providing your real-life context to an intelligent assistant that will allow you to better understand, interact, share, or remember the world around you. Fieldy focuses on remembering, and more proactively reminding you about your latest interactions, things you need to do based on your day or meetings, and even a nice recap of how your day went. The device is a lightweight wearable designed to blend reminders, voice capture, and productivity tools into a single, always-on companion. After ... ... first impression of the actual device was that the plastic finish felt a little underwhelming, especially if you re used to the polish of Apple or Nothing devices. This made me want to hide the device vs

... something brutal: The modern founder is brilliant at strategy and broken at execution. The will to build is there. The system to protect that will doesn t exist. Planning tools are abundant. Discipline systems are nonexistent. We don t need more dashboards. We need

... applying first-principle thinking to identify areas truly ripe for AI disruption going beyond automating existing tasks to fundamentally reimagining solutions. Instead of asking 'How can AI make X better?', what if we ask: What is the core human need X is trying to solve? What are the fundamental limitations of current solutions, pre-AI? If we were to solve this need

... need to be equal partners Tim (my cofounder and co-CEO) and I started with quite asymmetric experience. I had previously been a VP of sales, responsible for sales, support, and account management. Tim was an insanely talented, 23-year-old engineer, and was much earlier in his career I m nearly 10 years older. I diligently pushed myself hard at school, got straight As, and went to one of the top universities in my country. Tim quit school ... ... risk of you and your cofounder breaking up. Anything that could cause resentment, like a lack of evenness at the outset, should be avoided. Despite our differences in experience, I frequently feel I m underperforming relative to Tim and need

... landing page. Just sharp, clean, modern design that actually ships. We work fast. We talk straight. We cut out the noise and get to the good stuff whether it s branding, UI, decks, or product design. If it needs to look good and move quickly, we re on it. Who we work with We design for: Early-stage founders who need

... admiring beautifully designed UI components and wondering how they were built . I wished for an easier way to take inspiration from existing designs and bring them into my own projects without the guesswork . That moment hit hardest when I needed a custom Netflix-style React carousel for a project. Existing libraries didn t fit my needs

... adds value to a reader. Most of the AI content is done for scale and obvious spam. Most of the top organic SERPS are roundups (i.e. search "Home Office Ideas"), and most are programmatically generated. It just needs to have a fresh perspective and appear as though research and effort was done to produce the content. We also have content editor to add your own.. For a blogging use-case, we'll probably sell ... ... driven for publishers and how much traffic an AI buying guide can generate. Me too! We just launched a couple of months ago. RE: "Create and Publish Buying Guides with AI" feels too low in the hierarchy of needs

... when you have to open them? For me, Excel and Adobe PDF. Replacement recs? Since I moved to Google workspace, I've adopted google sheets. It's not perfect, but for the most part, I can do everything I need in there with ease. But I still work with organizations that use Excel. And yes, I always try to import it into google sheets first, but sometimes, when they are complex files with macros etc, I am forced ... ... Excel and I suffer trying to switch between google sheets and excel and finding the tools I need

... tweak pipelines, add custom fields, and integrate with various tools. Automation Helps with follow-ups, email sequences, and activity tracking. Affordable pricing Generally cheaper than many other CRMs, with solid value. Not as flexible for general CRM needs It s very sales-driven, so it might not be the best if you need

... Mario Draghi's European Competitiveness report which was presented to the European Commission in September 2024 and implemented in January 2025 by Ursula von der Leyen as the European Competitiveness Compass . Of course that's just reports. We need actual action and laws changed to make Europe a great place for people and business again. And to guarantee its economic future. One of the most important components is not regulation, but deregulation: remove regulation that makes it impossible for tech ... ... political right in Europe is anti-EU and pro-business There's no real political group in Europe that is both pro-EU and pro-business, like eu/acc To compete with the rest of the world we need

... your inbox is overflowing, you can jump to a specific topic and then get through emails of the same type, at the same time. Emails that write themselves Auto Drafts . Superhuman will now automatically draft replies to emails that need you to follow up. We ll soon draft replies to every email that needs

... keep thinking of it like that, but its convenience makes it easy to become passive consumers of information instead of active learners aka lazy. I've heard some arguments like, "Oh, with AI, we don t need to waste time thinking about these problems anymore because we can delegate them and focus on things that matter." And yes, I partially agree. But it can also be a trap because when we stop engaging with the process, we lose the ability ... ... think critically, solve problems, and develop deep understanding. If we always rely on AI to do the thinking for us, what happens when we need

... your take on something that's been on my mind. The other day, I was chatting with a founder who had poured years into building an amazing product, only to realise there wasn't a real market need. It made me wonder: as builders and enthusiasts, how can we avoid this trap? I often hear that to succeed in tech, you just need

... fully organic, to see how PH works. I got 85 signups to my app from the whole launch. I did not get featured on the main page. Spoke directly with the PH team about how to get featured: You need an innovative product. You need